Partitioning and stabilizing appliance.



J. W. LIPPINCOTT. PARTITIONING AND STABILIZING APPLIANCE.

APPLICATION FILED DEC-31 I917. p

- Patented June 25, 1918.

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J. W. LIPPINCOTTJ PARTITIONING AND STABILIZING APPLIANCE.

APPLICATION FILED DEC. 3. I917.

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J. W. LlPP-INCOTT.

PARTITIONING AND STABILIZING APPLIANCE.

APPLICATION FILED DEC.3. 1917.

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PARTITIONING AND STABIL|ZING APPLIANCE. APPLICATION FILED DEC. 3. 1317.

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I J. W. LiP-PINCOTT.- PARTITIONING AND STABlLIZING APFIIANCE.

APPLICATION FILED DEC. 3. 19]].

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JOHN W. LIPPINCOTT, OF LITTLE ROCK, ARKANSAS, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF A.LIPPINCOTT VOF LITTLE ROCK, ARKANSAS.

T0 CARRIE PARTITIONING AND STABILIZING APPLIANCE.

" To all whom it may concern lie it. known that l. Jonx W. lnrrixco'rr,a citizen of the United States, residing at Little Rock. in the countyof Pulaski and State of Arkansas. have invented certain new and usefullm n'ovemeuts in Partitioning and Stabilizing Appliances of which thefollowing is a speciticatimi.

My invention relates to means for preventing the shifting of goods.merchandise, wares. etc., while .in freight cars. incidental to thestarting and stopping of said fr ight cars while in transit; and theobject. of which is to lessen the loss and damage resultiug from thetearing'of bags. brealv'ing of crates. cases, etc. and conseipwntspilling and loss and damage of the contents flitI'OO'FI My inventionalso contemplates the temporary and :uijnstable partitioning of freightears: and the object of which is the isolating of various consignments.commodities. grade varieties. or brands that it may be desired to loadin a freight car and retain separatelvand distinctly apart from eachother, so that said consignments, eommodities. grades, ,varieties, orbrands can be unloaded at destination without confusion, and I attainthese objects by the means illustrated in the accompanying drawings inwhich Figure 1 illustrates a front view of a movable. and detachablegate. which may also be referred to as a con'lpressimi gate, a partitiongate. a retaining gate. or a stabilizing gate; as itfcan and may performall of these functions, but for the sake of brevity I will hereinhereafter refer to simply as a gate.

Fig. 2 illustrates a top view of a gate, and showing that the side postsare channeled.

Fig. 3 illustrates a sectional view on the line /za ofFig. 1 showing twogates in position.

Fig. 4 illustrates a side view of means and method of scotching andholding automohiles in position in a freight car. V

Fig. 5 illustrates a front view of a double wheel scotch.

Fig. 6 illustrates a front view of means for barring a freight car door.

Figs. 7 and 8 illustrate a front and side view resptwtively showingmeans for stowing door and gate bars when not in use.

Figs. 5) and 1t) illustrate a front and side view respectively of afreight car door apron.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June 25, 1918.

Application filed December 3, 1917. Serial No. 205,231.

Fig. 11 illustrates a side view of a chain jack.

Fig. 12 illustrates a front end View of means for manipulating (oroperating) a chain jack.

Fig. 13 illustrates a front view of a section of a gate post with thefront side rebar Fig. 16 illustrates a top view of another form of doorbar post.

Similar letters and numerals refer to similar parts throughout theseveral views.

A is a movable gate composed of two gate posts 1 and :2 (right andleft), each provided with a channel 3 extending from top to lower end,and said posts are connected by a bar -iattached to their lower ends bymeans of bolts passing through the front and back \alls of 'said gate.posts, ands'aid gate posts are also connected (loosely) at the tops by abar 7. each end of which is chained to the inner edge wall of saidposts,

and this bar 7 is suspended by a hanger R from and slides on a rod 9which is suitably connected to the frame work of the freight car; theobject of these chain connections between thebar 7 and the ate )osts isto s prevent the gate from falling when said bar 7 is lifted (detached)out of the channels of said gate posts in order to if so desired placeone or more of the other detachable bars 10 to 17 in position in saidgate post channels so as to lessen the space between bars, or to make asolid Vall'of said gate if so desired, as is shown by A Fig. 5. To meetcontingencies when walled gates are undesirable, the gate posts areprovided with sliding brackets 18, 19, and 90 (Z. 6. one to supportevery other bar) within the chair nels of each of the gate posts, one ofwhich is shown in detail in its two positions, and on a larger scale inFig. 13, and is COYHPQSttl of a slotted bar (32 sliding on a. pin. orbolt 63 extending through the walls of the gate post, and said brackethanging normally )arallel with said ate 0st when standin nprigl1t, andsaid slotted banheing provlded with a right angled prong or proslottedbar is lifted up until the lower end.

jection 64 at its. lower. end so that when said of the slot touches thepin or bolt said slotted bar can be tilted to a position at right anglesto the gate post channels, as

is indicated by the dotted lines, and the prong or projection will beparallel and -.come incontact with the edge wall of the channel in thegate post and thus hold said slotted bar in a rightangled positionrelative to the gatelbar post channels and form a support for a.-detachable bar atan intermediate point between the bottombar 4 and thetop bar 7. The pron formed. on and at right ang es to'the slotted barshould only be long enough to assure the performance of its functions soas to endpfthe'car and one in the middle, but

not seriously interfere with the passage of 1 the detachable barsdownward 0r upward in the channels in'the gate posts when it is. de-

sired to assemblea solid walled gate, or to detach said bars'when all' or part of them are in place. 21 and 22 are tension chains (three of eachare used in each endof the car, z'..e.one of 21 near each'side wall ofeach all three at the floor line,'or in other words I on a line levelwith the tension chain holes '23 near the loweren'ds of the gate posts,and three of 1 22, one of which is directly over each oflthe positionsindicated for the three at the floor line) which engage and slide up or,down on Vertical anchor rods 24 (three of which. are attached insomesuitable way to the frame work of each end of the car, and at pointsadapted to the requirements of the tension chains 21 and 22),

' and by providing chain rests 25 on the back of said anchor rods 24 atintervals and holes 23 at corresponding heights in the gate posts (whichwill also require a hole in each end of each detachable gate bar) thesaid ten-- sion chains will be adjustable as to height.

Only one each of the tension chains21 and 22 and anchor rods 24 areshown in these drawings, and then only 'in Figs. 3 and 4|,

as they are pur' osely left out .of all the other views to o viatecomplexity, and to more clearly show other features. 1

If it was desirable to load a car with loose fruit or vegetables, and itwas f rther desirable to isolate several consignments, varieties, orgrades it would be necessary to estimate the space said consignment,variety, or grade would occupy, and a gate then assembled solid, 2'.j'ebthe bars placed in the channeled posts on top' of each other desiredheight, and then placed in-position ta 'atvthe proper distance fromanend of the until the gate presented a solid-Walltothe car, the sixtension chains (three of 21 and ithree of 22) passed through the properten- ,sion chain holes 23 in the gate posts, and

retaining pins 26, which are attached by chains to the gate postsinserted in links or projection of thetension chains just protrudingthrough the front face' of the gate posts, and thus prevent said gatefrom yieldingbecause of the pressure exerted thereon when the bin orcompartment thus formed is filled, after stacked in tiers in an 'end of'the freight I car, and an assembled gate put in. place against saidtiers, the tension chains passed through the propertension chain'holes23 in the "gateosts, and also throu 11 chain acks B (w ich -.willbe describe .later) ,when purchase pins'35, which are chained to theheads 'ofsaid jacks can, be inserted chains 21 and 22, and therebyobtain av purchase from said tension chains for said acks to pushagainst, and, by -manipulatin said acks the contents back of 'sai"-gatei into a link of each or'fa'ny of thetension'.

slackly stacke(l -will be-- Shiftable, and if can be compressed intoless space, then by inserting the retaining pins into links ofthetension chains just protruding through- .suflicicnt pressure isexerted by said jacks ion the tension chain holes 2301 the gate poststhis portion of the load will be held rigidly I in place, and can nottherefore be damaged by toppling over or byshifting about incidental tothe starting or stopping 'of freight cars not equippedwith theseutilities, hence it is obvious that the gatem ay be considered,ajcompression gate, a stabilizing gate, a retaining gate, or apartitioning gate.

weight of matter if packed in fragile crates,

or boxes could not be compressed, or shifted much by pressure withoutcrushing said crates or boxes, hence it is advisable to'load and applythe chain jacks; by repeating this operation several times, and leaving"one, 'or more gates in position, and under 'tense condition in each endof the car there will be little danger of damage to goods, or

packages as long 'as the car remains upright.

bars when pressure is brought to hour by manipulating-the Jacks, or thatresulting To lessen thc bowing tendency of the gate from the, weight ofthe freight behind said gate a center post. 27is provided, which is notchanneled, as it. is not mtcndedto help support the bars, but itisiutended to be 11o" Itsis ofcourse- -obvious that a considerable 116-a few tiers, then set a gate against them used in connection with thetension chains in order to equalize the strain on the gate, andtherefore prevent the bowing of the gate bars; said center post may ormay not be attached to the-lower bar 4, but it must not be fixed to thetop bar 7.

When it is desired to unload the freight car the retaining pins 26 aretaken out of the tension chain links, the tension chains withdrawn fromthe holes in the posts, the detachable bars removed to lessen the weightof the gate, and said detachable bars stowed in rack 28 providedtherefor, as illustrated by dotted lines in front and side views Figs. 7and Srespgctively, and the balance of the gate then stowed near the roofof the car by swinging it into the position indicated by dotted lines inFig. 1 where the gate posts are engaged, and supported by the suspensionhooks 29, the retaining pins 26 inserted into and extending throughholes 30 provided for this purpose in the gate posts, and into holesprovided to receive them in the suspension hooks so as to stabilizesaidgate in this position.

Should it be-desired to load automobiles for shipment in a freight carthe gates would not be needed, as the double wheet scotch C illustratedin Figs. 4 and 5 is better adapted for stabilizingautomobiles; saiddouble wheel scotch (lconsists of two concaved scotches 31 conforming inshape to an'automobile wheel, supported by a bar or rod 32 supplied withtension chain holes 23, and carrying retaining pins 26. One of saidscotches 31 may be loose and slidable on the rod 32 so as to beadjustable to automobiles of difi'erent widths, but one of them must befixed to said rod in order to prevent side slipping of the automobile byvirtue of the sides of the wheels being ongaged by the concavity of thescotches, one or both of which being fixed to the rod 32, and the endsof said rod contacting with the sides of the freight car. If thebody,-or lowered top of the automobile to be loaded projected back pastthe rear wheels it would be necessary to'scotch the automobile farenough away from the end wall of the freight car to prevent said body.or lowered top from rubbing againstsaid wall. and this can be done bypassing the two side tension chains (they may, of course be either 21,or 22) which are first adjusted as to height through chain jacks (pipescut to the .right' length would however be just as good), then throughthe tension chain holes 23 of a double wheel scotch rod, and theautomobile then rolled into position with rear wheels engaged by thescotches, the tension chains then passed through tension chain holes inanother-(but reversed) double wheel scotch rod, the scotches of whichengage the front wheels of the automobile, then by manipulating chainjacks placed to engage thefront scotches the slack can be taken out ofthe tension chains, and if rctaining pins are now inserted into links ofsaid tension chain's just protrudingthrough the tension chain holes ofsaid wheel scotch rod the automobile will be held as in a vise.

As each end of a freight car can be supplied with tension chains. andscotches, it is obvious that as many automobiles can be loaded, andstabilized therein as there is floor space therefor. and then as manymore.

if the. car is decked. When not in use the scotches can be stowed in thebar racks.

The chain jack consists of a tubular base 34, screw threaded for a shortspace on the inside at one-end, and at the center of the other end ofsaid base and disposed transverscly to the walls thereof is providedchannels, onindcntatimis through which a purchase pin 35 may pass toengage .a link of a tension chain (which is to be acted upon by saidjack, and therefore is passed through said base.) for a purchase on saidtension chain, and also to prevent said base from turning, and a tubularcore 36. screw threaded throughout its length on lheoutside, to' workinside of. and s.-ngagc the threads of said base 34 (so that said core.mayeitherpush or be pushcdwhcn said core or said base is turned whileone ishcld except that near one cud of'said core a square shoulder 37 iprovided so that said core can be manipulated (turned) with a wrench,and said shoulder is further provided with holes in which pins may beinserted for also manipulating said core, and the shouldered end of saidcore is rotatably connected to a head 38, to which is chained anotherpu|= chase pin 35, and said head 38 is also provided with transversechannels or indentations similar to and for the same purpose as thoseprovided in said base so that either end of said ja'ckmay be placedagainstlhc object to be moved or the matter to be com pressed and apurchase obtainable. at the other end, and sov that after the jack hasbeen manipulated and while said jack and said tension chain are in atense (strained) condition. and therefore the matt r acted upon beingunder compression :1. raining pin 26 may be inserted thrpngh the saidchannels in said head (or base. if said base. is placed against theobject moved or compressed) and engage a link of said tension chain justprotruding from tension chain hole 23, and thereby hold said --matter ina compressed condition after jack has been detached.

Fig. 6 illustrates a front view of the doorway of a freight car in whichare fixed door bar posts 52 and 53 (rightand left), and in which areplaced a number of detachable bars 39 to 51, c. the bottom bar 35) andthe other odd numbered bars are in place as shownin the illustration,and if the, even I to load the ear with freight of considerablenumberedbars-were also in place the doorway would show solidly walled up to thetop of banal, which wo'uld'be necessary if 'it was desired-to 'load'thecar with grain,

fruit, or vegetables in bulk,'.or at leastjas' high as the load 'line.but ifit was desired bulk; or matter contained in large-packages-it,woul'd'only be necessaryto use the bottom bar and one .or two'others at desired heights," and in s'uch a case door bar p'ost supportsas shown in detail in top viewFsig. 14. and sectional sideyiew Eig. 1'5)are piovideti in the door, bar posts, and tire coniposet of'a'slotted'rod','or bar 54 slidabl'e up and down on a pin .55 supportedby the wa,lls of the doorbar posts and hanging normally in a verticalposition, and there j foreparallel with the door'bar posts, and ifdesired 4.0; have a'door bar supported at some intermediate positionbetween the bot- SSl-an'ylithe to bar 51 .it would only be necessariydoraise the said slottedrod or l'T iI' flQIlFltS normal position thelength of itsslot and tilt it sidewlse across the chans -nel of thedoorbar post to a position at right angles to said channel in said door barpost, there to restupon a support 56 -]')r( \"idcd therefor in thechannel of said door barpost-opposite to said pin as is indicated by thedotted lines, and these'provisional doorfbar supports are disposed atregular intervals within the channels of each of the door bar posts forthe support of each end of the-intermediate detachable door bars.

which are fiked' on the-outside o f'th'e. cars,

The door bar posts 5'2 and 53 are adapted vto being attached to the door)posts, or frame work of some freight cars so as to be flush with theinside walls of said ears' whereinthe doors thereof slide or roll ,on'tracks D which is illustrated in'front view Fig. 9, and side view Fig.10, composed of burlap or other suitable material is intended to coverthe entiredoorway (with all the door bars in position in said doorway),and extend seve 'al inches along the car walls on each side of thedoorways as high as the top 0% bar 51, and to also cover several inchesof the car floor extending, inwardl from the doorway, andto meet thisrequlrement said apron is mounted on a rod 59 which is engaged by hooks60 pivotally attached to each side of the doorways of the car throughsmall openings 61 1n the fabric of the apron, and as saidhooks normallyhang downward until the ends'ofthe apron rodcome in contact'with the car'watls on each side of the --d60rway when said rod "ise'ngaged by saidhooks, said apron cannot be detached from this position until the hooks60"are lifted to a position at right angles to the door posts, as isindicated by the dotted lines in Fig, 10. When not in use said apron Dcan be,detached,rolled 'up on the rod 59, and stowed in the detachablebar rack.

lly. reference again to Fig. 1 it will be' noted that the lofiverends-of the posts -1, 2,

- but in others, particularly refrigeratorcars grherefore have to .beused. tratcs a..top 'vxew' ot a door bar post at the 'do'or's'are,hinged to the door post thereof and when closed are then-iselvesflush. with the 'insidei-wallsof the car, hence .d'oor bar posts and 53;arebnot adapted to use in such ears, and another form would adapted touse" in cars wherein said door barv posts would have. to' be attachedto, and project from the 'inside' walls of the car, and in door barposts of this design provisional door bar supports or brackets. likethose used for the support of the detachable Y gate bars can beprovided, but in either case the door bars are all detachable, and whenI not in use can be stowed in a 'rack 58 as is indicatedby the dottedlines in front view Fig. 7. and side view Fig. 8.

. As a further safeguard against the loss of grain which would tricklethrough cracks or other o 'ieningswhich might develop in or between thedoor bars, a detachable apron Fig. 1c illus and 27 'ot' the gate. Aareshown to extend below'thefloor-line of the car, which is preferable in,ogder to allow the tension chains 21 to rest in depressions in saidfloor as wide and a little deeper than the diameter of said chains. sothat said chains will not interfere with the'level stacking of goods inthe ear.

Most of the damage done to the contents of freight cars while;in transitcan be at-.

ti ibuted "to the shittingof said contents on account of'loose stacking,insufficient bracing. and ivealtnessof car doors. Shifting, resultsin'crushing; and breaking and tearing of'packiiges, i. c. if packagesare loosely stacked they are free-lo move back and forth in the car whensaid car is suddenly started or stopped, and are crushed by impact wlththe end wallsof said car by virtue of the momentum which keeps themmoving after said car has stopped suddenly, and they are of course actedupon inversely by inertia when the car lssuddenly started, or If 1rregularly stacked, i. some stacks higher 'taken care of by the meansillustrated and described herein, as the proper and efficientmcans forsufficient bracii'ig and therefore stabihzmg would at all tunes beavailable and convenient'to use, and the need of nails would beentirely, eliminated in cars so equipped.

Having, thus described my invention, what I claim and desire protectedby Letters Patent of the United States is: 1. Thecombination-in afreight car of chains disposed lengthwise therein-and adjustablyastoheight anchored to each end thereof, with a multiplicity of means forpartitioning freight when loaded in said car and said chains engagingsaid means, thus stabilizing the said means and the freight within thecan;

2. Thecombination in a freight car of chains longitudinally disposedtherein and suitably anchored thereto, with a multiplicity of variousmeans for stabilizing and partitioning freight when loaded in said car,and suitable means for 'stowing said means when not in use.

3. The, combination in a frei ht car of chains longitudinally disposedherein and adjustable as to height anchored thereto, for engaginstabilizing and partitioning gates composeof channeled outer posts anddefl. In a freight car, detachable door bars, i

and means for supporting one or more at various heights, grain proofingdetachable aprons, and a multiplicity of stabilizing and partitioningappliances, in combination with tension ehamsanchored to each end anddis.- posed lengthwise of said ear to engage sald stabilizing andpartitioning appliances by means of retaining pins chained to said stabvI ilizing and partitioning appliances being inserted into links ofsaidtension chains,

and suitable 'chain' jacks for compressing freight when loadedbe'twe'ensaid stabiliz' ing and partitioning appliances and an end of said car orwhen loaded between two of said stabilizing and partitioning appliances.

' JOHN W. LIPPINCOTT.

